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A new contingent of 57 New Zealand firefighters flied to Australia on Wednesday to help out in the bushfire battle. New Zealand Civil Defence Minister...
About 40 New Zealand firefighters will return from Victoria this week, but Australia is asking for a second group to continue the battle. Most of the...
The six-day blaze that scorched 740ha of land above Lake Wakatipu has yet to be declared out officially. Queenstown Lake...
Two rural fires in Otago and Canterbury are under control. Department of Conservation (DOC) workers were yesterday extin...
A fire, fanned by strong north-westerly winds, stretched for up to 1km near Rakaia yesterday. Local fire crews arrived a...
Arson is suspected in two fires that raged in the hills above Christchurch yesterday. The largest of the fires, in Heath...
Fire crews have been battling large bush fires for more than two days on public conservation land. The Department of Con...
Four Palmerston North helicopters are filling in for absent rain clouds, dousing fires in the Chatham Islands and Blenhe...
Firefighters spent two hours battling a blaze believed to have been started by fireworks in the Spooner Range Monday nig...
Emergency services are still battling the bush fires at Waihopai, near Blenheim. Authorities say even though the fires a...